IMMIGRATION NEWS

Kenyan fugitive Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh has been extradited to the United States to face charges of trafficking in narcotics and wildlife. The 64-year-old suspect was extradited to the US on Thursday night aboard a Kenya Airways (KQ) flight destined to New York, according to the Directorate of…

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that immigrants with removal proceedings have no right to seek their release on bond, irrespective of how long they may be detained. The apex court overturned a lower court's ruling that held that Antonio Arteaga-Martinez, a Mexican national, could get a bond…

Zimbabwean authorities are preparing to deport six Kenyan nationals who were arrested last week on charges of entering the country illegally through its porous border with South Africa. Musa Abdullahi Hussein (44), Mohamed Abdille (43), Ali Mohamed Abdi (37), Hussein Harun Bullo (34), Muhamed…

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji is set to appeal the High Court’s decision to release a Kenyan fugitive who is wanted in the United States for money laundering. Abdulrahman Imran Juma, who has been in custody since his arrest in December, was last week granted a bond of Sh1…

Popular human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has blasted the US Embassy in Nairobi for allegedly refusing to grant a bereaved Kenyan woman an expedited visa interview.  Through Facebook on Tuesday, Mwangi said the mother needed to travel to the US to attend the burial of her daughter but the…

Police in Nairobi are holding a suspected serial fraudster who has allegedly been targeting foreign nationals. George Onyango Handa was arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives attached to the Department of Immigration for swindling foreign nationals and giving them…

An investigation released by the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology has revealed how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) created a sophisticated surveillance system intended to spy on a majority of people living in the United States without the need for warrants and many…

A group of former US national security officials has written to lawmakers seeking to have immigrants with advanced Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) degrees exempted from green card caps. The group, which comprises former leaders of the Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security…

If you participated in last year’s U.S. green card lottery (DV-2023), you can now check if you are one of the lucky winners. Results of DV-2023 are now available online at the Electronic Diversity Visa website run by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. Results because available…

Individuals who participated in the US Diversity Visa  program for fiscal year 2023 (DV-2023) can check if they won the lottery starting tomorrow, May 7, 2022 at 12pm EDT. RELATED: Green Card Lottery (DV-2023) Results Now Available Online The US Diversity Visa program, popularly known as the…